Method Detail

getSymbol

char getSymbol()

Gets the format symbol which is used to display this time unit
in canonical representations of timespans.

Canonical timespan formats follow ISO-8601. For example, the day
unit is represented by the symbol D. Note that the letters P and T
must not be used because these special characters are for structuring,
the display. In ISO-8601 following symbols are defined:

Y - year

M - month or minute

W - week

D - day

H - hour

S - second

P - qualifies a timespan (period)

T - separates date and time part

If this method yields as special case a digit 1-9 then Time4J expects
a fractional display of preceding second unit S that is nanoseconds,
microseconds and milliseconds. Time4J will use the comma as decimal
separation char in the canonical display as recommended by ISO-8601
unless the system property "net.time4j.format.iso.decimal.dot"
is set to true (which causes the usage of a dot).